Love played in four games as a freshman, recording four tackles. He retained his freshman status for 2019, thanks to a new NCAA rule that allows player to preserve their redshirt year if they play in four games or less over the course of a season.

A 6-foot-2, 284-pound defensive lineman, Love was rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 54 defensive tackle out of Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama, according to 247Sports.com. The one-time Ole Miss commit picked the Cardinals over offers from Indiana, Baylor and Arkansas, among several others.